NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: Nov. 5, 1999
Media Advisory m99-231
SUMMARY:
NASA, MORGAN STATE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT WILL OPEN SKIES TO STUDENTS
MARS CLIMATE ORBITER INVESTIGATION BOARD
TO RELEASE REPORT AT PRESS BRIEFING NOV. 10
ITEM 1 - MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES OF SOLAR ECLIPSE ON MARS
ITEM 2 - HAWAIIAN-STYLE VOLCANIC FEATURES ON JOVIAN MOON, IO
(replay)
ITEM 3 - LAND MINE NEUTRALIZER (replay)
ITEM 4 - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE HERITAGE IMAGE (replay)
ITEM 5 - NASA TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE (replay)
ITEM 6 - INSPECTION '99 PSAs (replay)
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NASA, MORGAN STATE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT WILL OPEN SKIES TO STUDENTS
Under a NASA educational program, Baltimore students will use the
latest computer software and hardware to discover the world of
science and technology, including how to design an aircraft and
plot its flight. NASA'S Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, and
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, have established a
Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA)
for underserved middle-school students. SEMAA's purpose is to
enhance the students' success and motivate greater numbers of
young people to pursue careers in science, math and related
fields.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sonja Alexander
(Phone 202/358-1761).
Contact at NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH: Lori Rachul
(Phone 216/433-8806).
Contact at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD: Wiley A. Hall
(Phone: 443/885-3022).
For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-132.txt
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MARS CLIMATE ORBITER INVESTIGATION BOARD
TO RELEASE REPORT AT PRESS BRIEFING NOV. 10
The NASA failure review board investigating the loss of Mars
Climate Orbiter will release its findings in a press briefing at 2
p.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999. The briefing will be held
in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St.
SW, Washington, DC. The briefing will be carried live on NASA
Television with question-and-answer capability for reporters
covering the briefing from participating NASA centers. Embargoed
copies of the report will be available to media representatives in
the Webb Auditorium and in the newsrooms of NASA centers at
approximately 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The contents of the report
will be embargoed until 2 p.m. The report will be posted to the
Internet via the NASA Home Page at approximately 2 p.m.
The report discusses the root cause of the mission failure and
makes recommendations to help ensure a successful landing of the
Mars Polar Lander mission on Dec. 3. A second report by the
board, due by Feb. 1, 2000, will address lessons learned and
recommendations to improve NASA processes to reduce the
probability of similar incidents in the future. Mars Climate
Orbiter was lost as it was entering orbit around Mars on Sept. 23.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell/Don
Savage (Phone 202/358-1547).
For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1999/n99-057.txt
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If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e-
mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.
Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html
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Video File for Nov. 5, 1999
ITEM 1 - MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES OF SOLAR ECLIPSE ON MARS
The shadow of the martian moon, Phobos, has been captured in many
recent wide angle camera views of the red planet obtained by the
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC). Designed to
monitor changes in weather and surface conditions, the wide angle
cameras are also proving to be a good way to spot the frequent
solar eclipses caused by the passage of Phobos between Mars and
the Sun.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell (Phone
202/358-1753).
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Mary
Hardin (Phone 818/354-5011).
ITEM 1a - MCO/SPO-2 Observations: the Moon, Phobos TRT :42
Phobos, the inner and larger of the two moons of Mars. Imaged on
Aug. 19, 1998, by the Mars global Surveyor/Mars Orbiter Camera.
ITEM 2 - HAWAIIAN-STYLE VOLCANIC FEATURES ON JOVIAN MOON, IO
(replay)
For digital images and more information see:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Jane
Platt (Phone 818/354-0880).
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell (Phone
202/358-1753)
ITEM 2a - TWO HOT SPOTS AND A CALDERA TRT :39
New images of the Prometheus volcano on Jupiter's moon, Io, reveal
two hot spots and a volcanic caldera, or crater, seven times
larger than Hawaii's Kilauea caldera. Scientists previously
believed Prometheus was a single lava flow, but the caldera
discovery makes them rethink the volcano's history. The visible
light and infrared images were taken during a close flyby of Io on
October 10 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
ITEM 2b - ACTIVE VOLCANO TRT :10
The active volcano Prometheus on Jupiter's moon Io was imaged by
the near-infrared mapping spectrometer instrument onboard NASA's
Galileo spacecraft during the close flyby of Io on Oct. 10, 1999.
The images were taken at a distance of about 9,400 miles (15,000
km).
ITEM 3 - LAND MINE NEUTRALIZER (replay)
The same rocket fuel that helps power the Space Shuttle as it
thunders into orbit will now be taking on a new -- perhaps
surprising -- role, with the potential to benefit millions of
people worldwide. Leftover rocket fuel from NASA is being
used to make a new flare that destroys land mines where they were
buried, without using explosives. The flare was developed by
Thiokol Propulsion in Brigham City, UT, the NASA contractor that
designs and builds rocket motors for the Space Shuttle.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus
(Phone 202/358-1979).
Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:
Jerry Berg (Phone 256/544-0034).
ITEM 3a - B-ROLL TRT 3:30
Images show landmines exploding, setting of flare and it burning
through the mine, Solid Rocket Motor in processing, Solid Rocket
Motor in static tests, lift-off of Space Shuttle.
ITEM 3b - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT :56
Ben Goldberg, Manager, Resuable Solid Rocket Motor Porject, NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
ITEM 3c - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT 1:34
Charlie Zisette, Marketing Manager, Ordnance Technology, Thiokol
ITEM 4 - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE HERITAGE IMAGE (replay) TRT :15
A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies
In the direction of the constellation Canis Major, two spiral
galaxies pass by each other like majestic ships in the night. The
near-collision has been caught in images taken by NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope and its Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The strong
tidal forces of the larger and more massive galaxy, NGC 2207, have
distorted the shape of the smaller one, IC 2163. The image shows
the flinging out of stars and gas into long streamers stretching
out a hundred thousand light-years toward the right-hand edge of
the image. The calculations indicate that the smaller galaxy made
its closest approach to the larger one 40 million years ago, but
does not have sufficient energy to escape and will be pulled back
into this galactic swing again in the future.
For digital images and more information see:
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1999/41/index.html
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage
(Phone 202/358-1547).
Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD: Ray
Villard (Phone 410/338-4707).
ITEM 5 - NASA TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE (replay)
Technology Demonstrations
Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Newsroom Staff
(Phone 281/483-5111).
ITEM 5a - INSPECTION DAY VIDEO TRT 1:35
Footage from previous inspection days at the Johnson Space Center.
ITEM 5b - ENDOCARIOGRAPHY LAB TRT :44
Footage from the Endocardiography lab at Texas Childrenšs Hospital
ITEM 5c - MICROENCAPSULATION DEVICE TRT 1:33
Footage of the Microencapsulation Device, about which Dr. Dennis
Morrison explains.
ITEM 5d - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT 1:01
Bernt Jellesoe, President, Unitech International
ITEM 5e - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT 1:20
Dr. Tim Bricker, Chief of Service, Texas Childrenšs Hospital
ITEM 5f - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT 1:15
Dr. Dennis Morrison, Principal Researcher, NASA Johnson Space
Center, Houston, TX
ITEM 6 - INSPECTION '99 PSAs (replay) TRT: one @ :10 & one @ :30
The following videos are public service announcements for NASA's
Technology Showcase Inspection '99 at Johnson Space Center on
November 3 - 5, 1999.
Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Ed Campion
(Phone 281/483-5111).
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